Hamas, the “Political Organization”

The Daily Mail could be commended for publishing a photo essay exposing Palestinian children being put through military training at a Hamas-run summer camp. However, despite the photos showing the obvious military side to Hamas’s activities, this is how Hamas is described in some of the captions:

Hamas, a Palestinian political group which is considered a terrorist organisation by some countries

and

The Gaza Strip has been controlled by political organisation Hamas since 2007

In addition, the introduction states:

Some countries and organisations, including Israel, the United States and the European Union, classify Hamas as a terrorist organisation, while others, including many Arab states, do not.

While the photos are self-explanatory, the writer of this piece produces an enormous fudging of the reality. Is it even necessary to “balance” the views of Western liberal democracies who classify Hamas as a terror organization with others, which would include such paragons of virtue as Syria and Iran? Even Egypt considers Hamas to be a terror organization. This is ridiculous example of Orwellian even-handedness on the part of the Daily Mail.

As for calling Hamas a “political organization,” this description whitewashes the integral role of militarism / terrorism for Hamas. How many political organizations train children in the art of terror?

Does the Daily Mail must be bombed and destroyed by Hamas for them to understand the difference between “Political Organisation” and Terrorist Organisation? The killing of innocents and training children to murder innocents is not proof enough?